A Far-Off Place

London: Hogarth Press, 1974.

Price: $175.00

Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Fine in printed wrappers, and near fine proof dust jacket that is a bit oversize and is a little bumped at the top. Signed by the author on the titlepage. Novel set in Africa.

Item #533535
ISBN: 0688002862

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Item #533535 A Far-Off Place. Laurens Van Der POST.
A Far-Off Place
A Far-Off Place

Laurens Van Der Post
birth name: Laurens Van Der Post
born: 12/13/1906
died: 12/16/1996

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Biography

South African author whose many books include those on his experience as a POW of the Japanese during WWII (elements of which were combined and filmed in 1982 as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence), as well as numerous travel books and some about the Bushmen of the Kalahari, whose existence he made famous to the Western world.more